15 Miss. Code. R. 16-1-41.27.3
Current through October 31, 2024
Means a facility open twenty-four hours a day for the treatment of urgent and emergent medical conditions which is not located on a hospital campus. In order to be eligible for licensure under this chapter, the freestanding emergency room shall be located at least fifteen (15) miles from the nearest hospital-based emergency room in any rural community where the federal Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services (CMS) had previously designated a rural hospital as a critical access hospital and that designation has been revoked. A FER shall not retain any patient beyond 23 hours and 59 minutes under normal operations and shall not hold itself out as an emergency hospital.
15 Miss. Code. R. 16-1-41.27.3